We’ve gone Google for searching
Even with the popular "search everything" plugin, we've decided to move off the WordPress search feature and implement Google's AdSense-based Custom Search.
The ...
Automattic buys IntenseDebate
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has purchased the advanced next-generation web commenting system IntenseDebate for an undisclosed sum.
This is a big move for WordPress, which has been looking for a...
Technorati buys Blogcritics
One of Blast Magazine's oldest friend websites, Blogcritics, and the site we generally compare ourselves to in terms of coverage area, was recently bought by blog-media giant Technorati. Below is the official r...
Letter from the editor: So how bad WAS IX Web Hosting?
Let me first apologize.
For about a year now, we've been using IX Web Hosting as an inexpensive solution to our very simple web hosting needs -- three domains powered by WordPress. After all, we don't have a...
Immediate change to tech reviews
Staff,
Effective immediately, we are ceasing the "Quick hits" portion of our
tech reviews.
We will be replacing it with a shorter fact box on the top of our
reviews, much like what we're doing with CD r...
Staff announcement
Dear Staff,
I'm pleased to announce that Joe Sinicki will take over the long-vacant assignment editor duties for our technology section.
"Milwaukee Joe," 23, has written for Electronic Gaming Monthly an...
Political coverage
Great job to Heidi Buchanan (our Washington Bureau :) ) and gamer-come-politico Bradley Ouellette for some outstanding political coverage over the last 48 hours.
Make sure you read!...
New design!
Dear Staff,
We have launched a beta version of our new website design.
It's VERY important that you all look at it, leave tons of comments and find anything that looks bad, is broken or inconsistent -- we...
Congrats Dan Peleschuk
hey everyone,
Let's all congratulate Dan Peleschuk for having the main story on page one of The Boston Globe today!
It's not the happiest article in the world, but its excellent reporting and writing show...
New tech reviews policy
Dear Staff,
From now on when we do reviews, you need to put the following info ... for example:
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
Developer: Level-5 Inc.
Platform: Wii, Xbox 360, PlayS...
Domain change in progress
hey guys,
We're changing domains right now from theblastarea.com to blastmagazine.com. Theblastarea.com will forward to blastmagazine.com in a few hours once its processed.
Congrats on this huge step for ...
